<p>Today's great life is possibly more famous as a Shakespearean character - King Richard II who was deposed by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke in 1399. He's been chosen by historian Helen Castor, author of The Eagle and the Hart, who shines a light on what really happened towards the end of his reign. Also helping is Professor Emma Smith who explains why the play was a hit two hundred years later under Elizabeth I. 
With archive of John Hurt as Richard and David Suchet as his cousin and usurper, Henry Bolingbroke.</p><p>The producer for BBC Studios Audio in Bristol is Miles Warde</p>

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